Acrobat XI Pro "Not Responding

I recently updated to Windows 8 Professional and Acrobat worked like a charm for 3 days with instantaneous reponse.
Now progressively I am back to the old problem that I had under Windows 7 and with Acrobat X and 9 - Whenever I open a new PDF it takes an extraordinary amount of time to open and I usually get the message "not responding" with an opaque window.
We have had this problem on 2 PC's.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

I agree with you, restarting the print spooler tends to work for me to get Acrobat working again about 50% of the time. Unfortunately for me, tonight is not in that percentage range.
Ironically the reason I always have to turn the print spooler back off is because when it is on, Adobe Illustrator gives me the "not responding" treatment!
The amount of time I spend troubleshooting my Adobe programs is oftentimes greater than the time I actually get to spend using them for their intended purpose!
Very, very, very frustrating! And yes, I have followed all of the tech advice etc., and the things still glitch up. I'm a student now, but I can't even imagine having to
cope with these problems after I graduate and begin my career in the working world!
Adobe, if you are listening: Please fix the bugs in your programs! My schoolwork is suffering because of them; which also means my health is suffering because I don't get any sleep since
I am having to spend so many hours fighting to get anything to work! (Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop, Flash, etc., etc., etc.!) Also it is costing me grade points since my work has been
late at times due to these bugs. Tonight is a prime example, which is why I am here in this forum trying to find a way to fix Acrobat so I can make a simple PDF (since none of the other applications will work, either!).
Paying too much for too little. Very dissatisfied customer. /Rant.

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